Hannah Kobayashi’s aunt has introduced that she is parting methods with the lacking Hawaii photographer’s mom and sister in an effort to search out her niece. Larie Pidgeon advised NewsNation that she didn’t see any want to make use of funds raised by the household on a lawyer as an alternative of a personal investigator. She additional stated she just isn’t related to the GoFundMe launched for Hannah by her household.
“My sole focus stays on discovering Hannah and making certain her security and well-being. It has now been 25 days since anybody has heard from her, and I’m decided to proceed my search,” Larie stated. “I’m making ready to journey to Mexico personally to additional the efforts to find her and confirm that she is appearing of her personal free will and is really secure.”
Hannah, 30, disappeared whereas heading to New York Metropolis after lacking a connecting flight to New York and being stranded in Los Angeles. She was later caught on digicam crossing into Mexico. She has been declared a voluntary lacking individual by police, who stated they haven’t discovered any proof that Hannah has been a sufferer of foul play.
Was Hannah Kobayashi concerned in an immigration marriage rip-off?
Police stated Hannah deliberately missed her flight, however her household doesn’t agree. The truth is, the household is now investigating the chance that Hannah could have been concerned in an immigration marriage rip-off. They beforehand stated they had been conscious, however not confirming, a report that Hannah was allegedly concerned in a “purported immigration scheme” and “secret marriage” earlier than she went to Mexico.
“A Fb consumer despatched what appeared like a Hawaiian seashore marriage ceremony picture of Hannah with one other man with leis round their necks sporting white, and so they stated that they realized off of Reddit that there was this sham marriage for cash and that that is the marriage image that’s being circulated on Reddit,” Sara Azari, the Kobayashi household lawyer, advised NewsNation. “After all, that got here as a shock to Hannah’s sister.”
Talking of Larie’s assertion, Azari reportedly steered the aunt wished to boost her profile as an influencer.
The case grew to become much more difficult when Hannah’s father Ryan Kobayashi, 58, reportedly jumped to his dying throughout the seek for his daughter. It’s unclear what prompted him to take the acute step.
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